DADLER, SEBASTIAN (Germ.). One of the foremost Medallists of the seventeenth century. According to the best authorities, he was born at Strassburg, but resided in turn at Augsburg, Nuremberg, Hamburg, and Dresden, in which last-named city he spent the latter part of his life, and presumably died in 1654. His works date from 1619 to 1654. At Augsburg, where we find him in 1619, be filled the post of first Goldsmith to the Imperial Court, and there attained celebrity as a Medallist and Chaser in gold and silver. At Dresden, where the artist moved some few years afterwards, he was appointed Medallist, and Goldsmith to the Ducal Court of Saxony, in 1625. Some of his articles of plate, in fine repoussé work, executed for John George I., date so far back as 1621. The Royal Historical Museum at Dresden preserves several examples of these, and also Portrait-medallions of the Duke represented as Perseus being armed by Mercury and Minerva, 1621 ; and on horseback, with the city of Dresden in the background, 1622. Dadler's signature on the medals appears in different ways : Dadler; — Dattler; — Seba :Datt ; — S. D. ; — D, or SD in monogram. In the early years of the second half of the seventeenth century, the artist resided for a time at Nuremberg, and later at Danzig, where be may have been employed by the Elector of Brandenburg. There is an undated medal, bearing the initials I. H. of the engraver Johann Höhn the Elder, of Dresden, and those of Sebastian Dadler, which had hitherto been supposed to commemorate the Peace of Westphalia, but which Vossberg has correctly restored to the Peace of Oliva, 1660. It does not follow, however, that Dadler was still living in 1660, as the reverse of this medal, — with a view of Danzig, and his initials, — may simply have been copied from one of the artist's former medals. Dadler worked also for the House of Orange, the Court of Sweden, and for many other princely houses of Europe, so great was his reputation. A complete list of his works does not exist ; Bolzenthal's information is very scanty ; and the best notice ot the artist is perhaps to be found in Dr Erbstein's Verzeichniss der Engelhardt' schen Sammlung, Dresden, 1890. The following medals by Dadler are mostly rare; some of them are met with in more modern cast specimens : Riga taken by Gustavus Adolphus, 1621; Gustavus Adolphus R. MILES EGO CHRISTI, &c. ; Battle of Leipzig ; — Battle of Breitenfeld, 1631 ; — Death of Gustavus Adolphus, 1632; — Commemoration of the Battle of Lützen, 1634; — Accession of Queen Christina; — Duke Christian I. of Saxony, (standing figure), 1623 ; — Abduction of Prince Christian, 1623 ; — Princess Sophia Eleonora, eldest daughter of John George I. (afterwards consort of the Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt, George II.) ; — John George I. and Magdalena Sibylla, 1630; — Wladislaus IV. of Poland concludes peace with the Czar Michael Feodorowitch, 15. June 1634; — Coronation of Queen Christina, 1635 ; — Christina, R. REPERTRIX; — Peace of Westphalia, obv. DER GROSSE FERDINAND, &c, 1649 (signed : Seba : Datt. ); — Marriage of King Charles X. Gustavus of Sweden with Hedvig Eleonora of Holstein-Gottorp, 1654; — Another, dated 1655; — Charles X. Gustavus, Portrait-medal, 1645; — John Calvin (illustrated); — Marriage of Sophia Eleonora, 1627; — Marriage of Maria Elizabeth, second daughter of John George I., 1630; — Magdalena Sibylla, second consort of John George I. (3 types); — The Conferences of Leipzig, 1628 ; — Another, of 1631 ; — Centenary of the Augsburg Confession, 1630 (3 var.) ; — Prize medals of Dresden, 1625 and 1626; — 39th Anniversary of Johann Scussius, Consistorial secretary at Dresden, 1623; — Wladislaus of Poland and Sweden, and his consort, the Archduchess Cecilia Renata, daughter of Ferdinand II., 1637; — Queen Christina of Sweden, 1644; — Peace of Westphalia (various types of 1650 and 1651); — Kieff taken by Prince Johann Radziwill, 1651; — Marriage of William, Prince of Orange, with Princess Mary, 1641 ; — Arrival of Princess Mary in Holland, 1643 (struck in honour of Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange); — Peace and Liberty restored in the Netherlands after a century of war with Spain, 1648; — Another, Peace of Westphalia, of 1649. R. Peace and Mars.; — George William, Elector of Brandenburg; — Prince Johann Radziwill enters Wilna, 1653; — Peace between England and Holland, 1654; — Johann Ulrich of Eggenberg, 1631; — King Wladislaus IV. of Poland, medal of Danzig, 1642 ; — Portrait-medal of Wladislaus IV. and Louise Maria Gonzaga, on their Marriage, 1646 ; — Polish Victory over the Russians at Smolensk, 1636; — Commemorative medal of the Coronation of Wladislaus IV. in 1636 (1639); — Marriage of King John Casimir, undated, &c. Beside the above, Dadler engraved a prodigious number of religious, marriage, baptismal, and death commemorative medals, which are not of uncommon occurrence. Bibliography. — Bolzenthal, Skizzen zur Kunstgeschichte der modernen Medaillen- Arbeit (1425- 1840), Berlin, 1840. — Franks &Gruebar, Medallic Illustrations of British History, London 1885. — Dr Erbstein, Verzeichniss der Engelhardt' schen Sammlung, &c. Johann Georg. I.Dresden, 1890. — Raczynski, Cabinet Medalow Polsksch, 1845. — Vossberg, Münzgeschichte der Stadl Danzig.
Source: Biographical dictionary of medallists; coin, gem, and seal-engravers, mint-masters, ancient and modern, with references to their works B.C. 500-A.D. 1900; compiled by L. Forrer, London 1904
Source: Biographical dictionary of medallists; coin, gem, and seal-engravers, mint-masters, ancient and modern, with references to their works B.C. 500-A.D. 1900; compiled by L. Forrer, London 1904
CONRADSEN, JOHANNES
CONRADSEN, JOHANNES (Danish). Medallist, born in 1782, died in 1856. He usually signed his productions I. C. or I. CONRADSEN, and he appears to have been employed at the Copenhagen Mint, 1809-1840. Conradsen engraved, amongst others, medals in honour of N. Treschow, a professor of philosophy at Christiania, and other Danish celebrities, also one to commemorate the Third Centenary of the Reformation, 1817, with bust of Luther, and another, struck at the Mint in 1822, on the visit of the Swedish C...
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CONRADSEN, JOHANNES (Danish). Medallist, born in 1782, died in 1856. He usually signed his productions I. C. or I. CONRADSEN, and he appears to have been employed at the Copenhagen Mint, 1809-1840. Conradsen engraved, amongst others, medals in honour of N. Treschow, a professor of philosophy at Christiania, and other Danish celebrities, also one to commemorate the Third Centenary of the Reformation, 1817, with bust of Luther, and another, struck at the Mint in 1822, on the visit of the Swedish C...
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CONSTANT, J. B. J.
CONSTANT, J. B. J. (French). Die-sinker of Bordeaux, of the nineteenth century. He engraved : Octagonal jeton of the Bank of Bordeaux ; — Octagonal Jeton of the Agents de change of Bordeaux ; — Octagonal Jeton of the Hospital of St Andrew at Bordeaux ; — Octagonal Jeton of the Conseil de surveillance of the Cattle Market at Bordeaux; — R. of the Medal of the Bordeaux Cattle Market; — R. of the Medal on the completion of the Bordeaux Exchange ; — R. of the Medal of the Philomatic Society of Borde...
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CONSTANT, J. B. J. (French). Die-sinker of Bordeaux, of the nineteenth century. He engraved : Octagonal jeton of the Bank of Bordeaux ; — Octagonal Jeton of the Agents de change of Bordeaux ; — Octagonal Jeton of the Hospital of St Andrew at Bordeaux ; — Octagonal Jeton of the Conseil de surveillance of the Cattle Market at Bordeaux; — R. of the Medal of the Bordeaux Cattle Market; — R. of the Medal on the completion of the Bordeaux Exchange ; — R. of the Medal of the Philomatic Society of Borde...
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CONTAMIN
CONTAMIN (French). Improver of the Reducing Machine, which has been so strong a factor in the present revival of Medallic Art. Hulot's tour á portrait, brought out in 1766, rendered possible the exact reproduction of any given model, and as such was used with success by the engravers Michaut, Jouvenel, Hart, and others. Contamin improved this machine, by adding to it some ingenious mechanical dispositions, which permitted the obtaining of reductions from any models, and so greatly simplified the...
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CONTAMIN (French). Improver of the Reducing Machine, which has been so strong a factor in the present revival of Medallic Art. Hulot's tour á portrait, brought out in 1766, rendered possible the exact reproduction of any given model, and as such was used with success by the engravers Michaut, Jouvenel, Hart, and others. Contamin improved this machine, by adding to it some ingenious mechanical dispositions, which permitted the obtaining of reductions from any models, and so greatly simplified the...
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CORADINI, LUDOVICO
CORADINI, LUDOVICO (ltal.). Medallist, and Scultore de terre, of Modena, who worked at Ferrara, for Duke Ercole d'Este, circa 1471. His signature on the following medals is : OPVS CORADINI M. : Ercole I. d'Este, 1471-1505. R. (a) Young Hercules standing near the three columns of Gades; (b) Ring set with pointed diamond; in the centre, a flower; — Charles VIII. of France. R. Same as last (the obv. of this medal is probably by a later artist). Another medal, with similar R., unsigned, and bearing ...
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CORADINI, LUDOVICO (ltal.). Medallist, and Scultore de terre, of Modena, who worked at Ferrara, for Duke Ercole d'Este, circa 1471. His signature on the following medals is : OPVS CORADINI M. : Ercole I. d'Este, 1471-1505. R. (a) Young Hercules standing near the three columns of Gades; (b) Ring set with pointed diamond; in the centre, a flower; — Charles VIII. of France. R. Same as last (the obv. of this medal is probably by a later artist). Another medal, with similar R., unsigned, and bearing ...
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